Data for 1970

Arable Land per Person, 1970

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1970
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1970, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1970 covers 172 countries. Niger is highest, at 2.4078; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0012. The middle country reads 0.2333. Against 1969, 172 values changed (24 up, 148 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1970

HighestNiger

2.4078

LowestKuwait

0.0012

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

172countries
1measure
1970the year it describes
172distinct values17 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Arable Land per Person, 1970, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Arable Land per Person, 1970: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.4078
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.8056
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.4787
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.0094
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.9204
6	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.8857
7	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.8577
8	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.8439
9	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.8374
10	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.8372
11	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.8283
12	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.7771
13	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.7048
14	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.6971
15	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.6776
16	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.6767
17	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.6464
18	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.6406
19	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.6393
20	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.6222
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.5919
22	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.5744
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.5586
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.5496
25	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.5399
26	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.5347
27	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.5198
28	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.5188
29	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.5102
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.5023
31	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.4980
32	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.4955
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.4879
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.4835
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.4834
36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.4806
37	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.4677
38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.4640
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.4619
40	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.4533
41	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.4473
42	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.4292
43	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.4192
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.4056
45	Chile`CHL`South America	0.3963
46	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.3942
47	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.3915
48	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.3884
49	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.3818
50	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.3791
51	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.3721
52	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.3666
53	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.3662
54	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.3610
55	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.3565
56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.3481
57	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.3423
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.3421
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.3407
60	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.3377
61	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.3376
62	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.3371
63	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.3349
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.3230
65	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.3198
66	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.3141
67	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.3088
68	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.3079
69	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.3021
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.2957
71	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.2941
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.2855
73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.2847
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.2802
75	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.2737
76	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.2663
77	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.2662
78	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.2639
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.2618
80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.2574
81	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.2528
82	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.2504
83	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.2495
84	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.2491
85	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.2480
86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.2440
87	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.2227
88	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.2124
89	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.2095
90	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.2038
91	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.2014
92	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.2013
93	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.1942
94	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.1905
95	Peru`PER`South America	0.1895
96	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.1892
97	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.1885
98	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.1864
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.1815
100	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.1800
101	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.1793
102	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.1765
103	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.1739
104	Colombia`COL`South America	0.1716
105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.1570
106	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.1550
107	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.1529
108	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.1475
109	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.1417
110	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.1410
111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.1377
112	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.1357
113	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.1356
114	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.1338
115	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.1320
116	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.1311
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.1280
118	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.1276
119	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.1261
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.1241
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.1227
122	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.1213
123	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.1211
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.1093
125	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.1016
126	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.0985
127	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.0935
128	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.0934
129	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.0930
130	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.0890
131	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.0791
132	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.0788
133	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.0787
134	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.0772
135	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.0668
136	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.0659
137	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.0642
138	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.0640
139	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.0638
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.0625
141	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.0576
142	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.0575
143	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.0566
144	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.0559
145	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.0550
146	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.0508
147	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.0502
148	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.0501
149	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.0485
150	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.0444
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.0430
152	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.0407
153	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.0378
154	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.0348
155	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.0339
156	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.0332
157	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.0244
158	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.0237
159	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.0226
160	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.0190
161	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.0187
162	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.0175
163	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.0162
164	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.0129
165	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.0089
166	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.0086
167	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.0069
168	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.0058
169	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.0030
170	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.0019
171	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.0017
172	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0012

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger2.4078
2Canada1.8056
3Australia1.4787
4Argentina1.0094
5United States0.9204

Lowest

172Kuwait0.0012
171Faroe Islands0.0017
170Singapore0.0019
169Hong Kong0.0030
168Bermuda0.0058

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.2333. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
172values changed, of 172 in both
24 · 148rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tanzania0.4602 → 0.5188+0.0586
Cuba0.2242 → 0.2618+0.0376
Bhutan0.3353 → 0.3565+0.0212
Vanuatu0.1552 → 0.1739+0.0187
Gabon0.2915 → 0.3021+0.0106

Fell most

Niger2.6897 → 2.4078−0.2819
Australia1.6012 → 1.4787−0.1226
Uruguay0.7015 → 0.6464−0.0551
Togo0.8809 → 0.8374−0.0435
Mexico0.3812 → 0.3481−0.0332

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

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Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1970.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1970). Arable Land per Person, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1970

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